"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

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6/7/21

MARTYN ILES Quotes s


"But true wisdom is to know what we shouldn't know. And to be content not knowing it." ~Martyn Iles 

"Don’t be ashamed of acting slowly in the face of uncertainty. The wise measure things up, count the cost, and discern what’s happening rather than act in haste." ~Martyn Iles

"One goal of the Christian life is to judge yourself harshly and others generously... because even when you do, you'll still be wrong about yourself." ~Martyn Iles

"Opposition is a feature. It is not a bug in Christian life. It is so crazy when you see this sort of threat come along,  or you see this opposition arise, and the people sit there and say, 'make it go away'. You have not understood the nature of this world. The four winds of heaven blow and the evil responds. That's the simple reality of life." ~Martyn Iles, March 2024

"Self-forgetfulness is a great freedom. Work for, and think on things greater than yourself. Start today." ~Martyn Iles

"Self-righteousness is native to sinful human nature. We readily see faults in others and blame others, whilst failing to clearly see our own faults, or fairly attribute blame to ourselves." ~Martyn Iles

"Stop worrying about who you are.Find out who God is, and the rest will fall into place. Because you were made to bear His image." ~Martyn Iles

"Talents... are discovered and developed by hard work." ~Martyn Iles

"There are burdens, impossibilities, pressures, accountabilities, roadblocks and spiritual darknesses you can just be grateful you'll never know anything about, much less have to walk through yourself... You can be sure you won't come through having done all things perfectly, or having staved off every trouble." ~Martyn Iles

"We are accountable to God with our conscience." ~Martyn Iles

"We are living in a culture that is losing its mind - because its mind is not governed by the knowledge of God." ~Martyn Iles